In most cases, a book will come along that captures the interest of the public, then a movie company will come in and buy the rights. This then becomes a movie based on the book. However, sometimes, this process is reversed, and the book follows the movie. These are some of the hit movies that became best-selling books.
2001: A Space Odyssey
Many people believe that the book written by Arthur C. Clarke is what the movie is based upon. However, the movie is based on a short story by Clarke called The Sentinel. Director Stanly Kubrick worked with Clarke on the novel and both were released at the same time. The movie went on to be one of the all-time classics of cinema.
Total Recall by Piers Anthony
The movie was originally based on the short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. However, after the movie, it was turned into a full-length book by Piers Anthony. The book also answers many of the questions left unanswered in the movie.
The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus
One of the interesting parts of the movie was that the two main characters couldn’t speak and so relied on visual images and direction. The book was widely praised for being a good adaptation of the movie in which a mute woman falls for an amphibious lifeform in the lab where she works.
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